Example sentences of "in [noun sg] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point all three friends felt an unruly wave of amusement sweeping over them , and the rest of the fire-drill was spent desperately avoiding each other 's eyes in case a fit of the giggles should descend , and they were all agreed ( especially Mildred ) that this would definitely not be the thing to do . |
| 2 | Meikle [ 1990 ] Crim.L.R. 801 , where it had been made clear that prosecutors are fully entitled to bring any number of offences against a single defendant at different times and so cause to be in existence a number of custody time limits not coinciding wholly with one another . |
| 3 | It was recognised by the defendants that when the employment of an agent came to an end it was likely that there would be in existence a number of policies which would have been effected during the period of the plaintiff 's employment in respect of which commission would normally be paid in future years if the employment had continued . |
| 4 | It is to point out that there is nowhere in existence a set of ‘ records ’ which could prove that Christ was either a lunatic or ‘ precisely what He said ’ He was . |
| 5 | This criticism was in part a reflection of the call made by the Report of the Committee on Physical Deterioration for greater physical and mental education for adolescents , but it also pointed to the three main criticisms of clubs which were reiterated years later by Freeman : that they could only really provide amusement ; that their positive educational value was small ; and that they failed to reach the mass of boys . |
| 6 | Yet this was in part a reflection of the special conditions they faced . |
| 7 | As our study has also shown that most subjects who were seropositive in 1969 remained so over the next 21 years , it is probable that the high prevalence of H pylori antibodies seen in elderly subjects is at least in part a reflection of greater exposure to the infection in earlier years . |
| 8 | He cast himself as a chairman in the new consensus which is in part a return to the old style of consensus in British politics . |
| 9 | This was in part a response to an upsurge in militant opposition to food shortages and profiteering which was simultaneously driving many trade unionists into cooperation . |
| 10 | Statutes which prohibit the production of evidence abroad , commonly known as ‘ blocking statutes ’ , many of which have been adopted since the 1978 meeting … , are in part a response to what are perceived in some countries as exorbitant assertions of jurisdiction by the courts of other countries . |
| 11 | This development is in part a response to the rapidly growing demand for psychogeriatric services as a result of demographic trends , and in part to an acknowledgment that the multidisciplinary nature of these services needs to be fully reflected in the way they are managed and delivered . |
| 12 | The USSR became India 's main external source of weaponry and rendered extensive economic aid ; Soviet support was in part a response to the support that Pakistan received from the Chinese , with whom the Indians had an unresolved border dispute . |
| 13 | The open letter , in part a response to this development , galvanized that discussion . |
| 14 | The decree was in part a response to months of student protest against the court ruling , some of the strongest of which had occurred in November 1989 . |
| 15 | Suharto 's advancement of a pro-democratic line was in part a response to pressure from sections of the armed forces ( ABRI ) . |
| 16 | This was in part a response to the demand of Western governments and the UN for a complete restructuring of the entire CILSS system . |
| 17 | In part a response to the new international division of labour , a new international labouroriented labour studies is rapidly emerging ( see the bibliography by Waterman and Klatter in Boyd et al. , 1987 ) . |
| 18 | A staple feature of Soviet bureaucracy is overlapping responsibility ( particularly at intermediate levels ) : in part a natural consequence of size and complexity , in part a way of ensuring consultation and coordination ; it is also the Party 's tried and trusted technique of divide and rule . |
| 19 | She recognized that this feeling was in part a hangover from her schooldays , when her occasional invitations to friends had invariably resulted in sessions of strained discomfort , presided over by the disapprobation , however concealed , of her mother ; she had no precedent for successful hospitality . |
| 20 | The development of PNP is in part a story of growing sophistication over such matters in Leeds primary schools . |
| 21 | This is in part a function of reduced manning levels on modern ships , particularly container vessels , but it also reflects the flagging out of much of the fleet to flags of convenience . |
| 22 | It is less immediately evident that such an understanding should be necessary in order to account for the formal properties of code switching , although I would argue strongly that it is , inasmuch as the extent to which switching may take place is in part a function of the extent to which the codes involved have " fused " within a community , i.e. how interchangeable they are for the different purposes of everyday interaction . |
| 23 | It was in part a question of their own self-esteem . |
| 24 | Ramey 's focus is much sharper than Willard White 's , and it is only in part a question of vocal quality . |
| 25 | It could be argued , however , that if a PhD really is expected to be in part a contribution to knowledge , then this factor should be built into the system , so that the information gathered in such a costly fashion should be published in some form before completion , as is expected in some other European countries , such as Germany and the Netherlands . |
| 26 | It could be argued , however , that if a Ph D really is expected to be in part a contribution to knowledge , then this factor should be built into the system , so that the information gathered in such a costly fashion should be published in some form before completion , as is expected in some other European countries , such as Germany and the Netherlands . |
| 27 | In part a history of this conflict , Hooper 's book is a useful English language reference ; and it is also a personal odyssey . |
| 28 | Although it is in part a history of corporal punishment , I hope it will titillate . ’ |
| 29 | The London committee 's acquiescence in 1825 was in part a mark of the force of provincial abolitionist attitudes . |
| 30 | Also , of course , the ferment in the universities was in part a revolt against the technocratic role which they had been assigned in the Wilsonian scheme of things . |